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THE LOG OF THE BON HOMME RICHARD 61

pity from the most hardened and callous breast. And although
my spirit was somewhat dampened at this shocking sight, yet when
I came to reflect that we were conquerors, and over those who
wished to bind America in chains of everlasting slavery, my spirits
revived, and I thought perhaps that some faithful historian would
at some future period enrol me among the heroes and deliverers
of my country.
"Pardon me, gentle reader, for this involuntary digression,
and let this be my excuse — that I felt the spirit which infused cour
age into my breast on the night, and during the battle which I
have just given you a faithful relation of, even while my pen was
tracing the dreadful conflict."

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Thus endeth the mighty pen picture of the Log of the Bon
Homme Richard, and of the account of Midshipman Nathaniel
Fanning of this famous sea battle of September 23, 1779.

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